The Suffolk Guild of Ringers for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Learning to Ring
© Stephen Pettman
Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
What's On
in the next four months
For full details please see What's On
September
Friday 6th - Sunday 15th September
Heritage Open Days.
Saturday 14th
NW District Practice.St Andrew, Wickham Skeith (6)
NE District Mini-ring Practice.Halesworth church
Saturday 21st
SW District Practice.Great Thurlow (6)
Friday 27th
Surprise Major Practice.Framlingham
Saturday 28th
NW Suffolk Open Day.
60s Dinner and Dance.St Edmund's Hall, Hoxne
October
Saturday 5th
SE District Ringing.
Saturday 12th
NE District Ringing Meeting.Mendham (6)
NW District Annual Meeting.All Saints, Hopton (8)
Tuesday 15th
Belfry Advisory Committee meeting.Westhorpe.
Sunday 20th
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall
Friday 25th
SE District Kaleidoscope Practice.Henley (8)
Saturday 26th
SW District Outing.
November
Saturday 2nd
SE District Ringing.Felixstowe (8)
Saturday 9th
NE Annual District Meeting.Southwold (8)
NW District Quarter Peal Fortnight.
Saturday 9th
NW District Practice.St Mary the Virgin, Redgrave (6)
Wednesday 20th
St Edmund's Day.
Friday 29th
Surprise Major Practice.TBC
SE District Kaleidoscope Practice.Henley (8)
December
Saturday 7th
SE Annual District Meeting.
Saturday 14th
NW District Practice.St Margaret, Westhorpe (6)